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Noropithecus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Haplorhini

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Primates

Family
  
†Victoriapithecidae

Similar
  
Victoriapithecus, Propliopithecus, Catarrhini

Noropithecus is an extinct Old World monkey uncovered from the Early Miocene formations of Buluk, Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right mandible. It is believed to have been arboreal and omnivorous.

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Noropithecus Wikipedia